Paged.js
Shares rank 2 of 3 PDF libraries by recommenders
Free JavaScript library that adds CSS paged media printing to browsers, letting you typeset print layouts with open web standards.
Free JavaScript library that adds CSS paged media printing to browsers, letting you typeset print layouts with open web standards.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polyfills CSS paged media features
“eventually allowing some truly great page-setting DX out-of-the box which it currently polyfills”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers” “a pretty good polyfill for [1]”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Websites Should Be Printable” Adds page features CSS lacks
“eventually allowing some truly great page-setting DX out-of-the box which it currently polyfills”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers” “it's not possible to do automatic page numbers (including total page count) with CSS”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “CSS for Printing to Paper (2025)”
Other PDF libraries people recommend
The two most recommended other PDF libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyPDF | 6 | 3 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
| Paged.jsThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| WeasyPrint | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Paged is my go-to for CSS PMM at the moment.”
“a pretty good polyfill for [1]”
“it's not possible to do automatic page numbers (including total page count) with CSS”
“provides a great foundation for solving these problems with sanity and using open web standards”
“eventually allowing some truly great page-setting DX out-of-the box which it currently polyfills”
“provides a comprehensive plugin or custom 'hooks' system to enhance CSS to print functionality”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.